Edgewood Mustangs

This will be the last week of voting for Player of the Week for girls basketball, with boys’ basketball polls continuing on until the postseason.

Happy voting.

COLE CRADICK, Edgewood, Jr., G

Cradick converted the clinching conventional 3-point play in the final minute to help the Mustangs past Eastern Greene, 51-44, Thursday. He finished with a team-high 16 points (6 of 9 shooting, including 2 of 4 from 3-point range.)

JOHNNY JAGER, Bloomington South, Sr., G

Jager nailed a trio of 3s and 4 of 5 shots overall for 11 first-quarter points, insuring the Panthers pounced on host Owen Valley, and finished with a game-high 16 points on 6 of 9 shooting (4 of 6 from 3-point range) and added seven assists.

AUSTIN ROBERTSON, Linton, Sr., C

Robertson set Linton’s season record for shot-blocks in Thursday’s 59-41 win over White River Valley, with five blocks giving him 55 for the current campaign. Also added nine rebounds and nine points in a balanced attack as Linton improved to 15-5.

Sherfield had her season interrupted midway through by a wrist injury, and it took time for her to get back to full strength. She played well during Edgewod’s two sectional games, posting 11 points against Owen Valley and 15 points versus Northview.

ALLISON WININGER, White River Valley Sr., F

Wininger didn’t have her best game against Bloomfield in the Wolverines’ sectional opener, hitting for only five points. But she responded when it really mattered. In the sectional title game against Shakamak, the senior wing scored a game-high 21 points. That led the Wolverines to their second straight sectional title.

AMANDA BUTLER, Eastern Greene, Jr., F

The Thunderbirds made it to the second round of their sectional, thanks in part to Butler’s efforts. She scored 10 points in Eastern Greene’s opener against Sullivan. She produced a team-high 17 points against South Knox in what would be the Thunderbirds’ final game of the season.

FINAL
Edgewood led by as many as 15 in the third quarter, but it was down to eight to start the fourth. Eastern got within three with 1:44 left, but a Cole Cradick 3-point play with :54.6 seconds left helped clinch it for the Mustangs. Cradick with 16 points to lead Edgewood, while Cam Creager had 18 for Eastern Greene. MUSTANGS 51, T-BIRDS 44

HALFTIME
Two more turnovers started the second quarter for Eastern, and it just never really let up, a total of 13 turnovers for the first half. Edgewood’s three-quarter court pressure had a hand in speeding up Eastern, although the Mustangs didn’t get a lot of points directly off turnovers.

The Mustangs did execute fairly well in the halfcourt though, going through Brayden Patton early, then Cole Cradick got going for a while and Austin Ranard finished things off with six in the second quarter. Cradick had 10 overall to lead the way, while Ryan Newman and Ranard had six apiece.

Eastern’s offense was primarily Cam Creager, who had 14 points, including the T-Birds’ last seven points. MUSTANGS 31, T-BIRDS 22

END OF FIRST QUARTER
Quite the offensive shootout so far, one Eastern might be winning but for six turnovers. Cam Creager for Eastern and Cole Cradick for Edgewood with seven points apiece. MUSTANGS 18, T-BIRDS 12

PREGAME
On hand at the Mustang Corral tonight as Eastern Greene (8-10) visits Edgewood (10-9) in an area skirmish. Both come in having lost three of five and looking to regain momentum before the start of sectional play. Updates here and via Twitter.

With 2:18 left in the game, Edgewood is maintaining a 57-50 lead. A big 3-pointer by Austin Ranard pushed the lead to five. Tanner Thomas just hit a couple free throws.

END OF THIRD: Edgewood 42, Monrovia 41

HALFTIME: Edgewood 32, Monrovia 22

Cole Cradick continues to hit his shot, up to five 3-pointers at halftime. He has a game-high 16 points thus far. Austin Ranard also has three 3s and has 10 points.

Monrovia’s Luke Smith has kept the Bulldogs close. He hit a 3 to start the second quarter, making it 20-13e. A drive by Jonas Carmichael and a 3 by Ranard pushed the Mustangs’ lead back to 12 points, but a bucket from Luke Seber and an and-1 drive by Smith cut the deficit to seven.

But Cradick responded with his fourth 3 of the game. Seber cored again, but so did Cradick, again, from 3. Ranard finished the scoring with two free throws to bring us to our halftime score.

END OF FIRST: Edgewood 20, Monrovia 10

Cole Cradick erupted with three straight 3-pointers in the final 2:30 of the first quarter.

5:50 – Edgewood has jumped out to a 7-0 advantage with 5:50 left in the first quarter. Monrovia has missed its first five shots. Austin Ranard started the scoring for Edgewood with a 3 from the wing. Brayden Patton just deposited a bucket under the basket after a nice entry pass from the corner.

Edgewood, coming off of an eight-point win over West Vigo, will face Monrovia in the second road game of a back-to-back. The Bulldogs (4-10) have won two out of their last three.

Tip will be at 7:30 p.m. Check back for updates, or follow me on Twitter, @Jon_Blau.

31.5 seconds left: Edgewood gets to the free throw line for a comeback. Serenah Morris hits first pair, then gets back to the line and makes one of two. Payton Acuff recovers the miss, is fouled and makes two of her own. It’s a 40-40 game, Edgewood’s ball.

END OF THIRD: Cascade 37, Edgewood 32

Edgewood did take a 27-26 lead with 4:40 left in the period, but but Cascade made an 8-0 run. A 3 by Payton Acuff pulled it closer.

2:46 3Q: Cascade has a 32-27 lead. Back to back 3s by Cascade’s Hannah Rasnake.

HALFTIME: Cascade 24, Edgewood 20

Cascade pushed its lead to 24-17, but a free throw and a last-second jumper by Erin Sherfield — her first shot of the half — made it 24-20 going into the locker room.

2Q 1:37 : Cascade has pushed its lead to 22-16 after a 3 by Hayden Stinnett.

Cascade has pushed its lead to 22-16 after a 3 by Hayden Stinnett.

END OF FIRST: Cascade 13, Edgewood 10

Cascade pushed its lead to 12-6, but Edgewood would hit a couple of jumpers to close the score a bit.

1Q 3:17: Some sloppiness early has cost the Mustangs. They have five turnovers. On a couple of those, run-outs have led to fouls in transition, including second fouls on Hannah Pitcher and Serenah Morris. With both on the bench, Cascade has taken a 10-6 lead.

Edgewood (10-10) takes on Cascade (9-10) as both teams try to gear up for the postseason. Next season, Cascade will join the Western Indiana Conference and become conference rivals with Edgewood.

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The letter “C” just had quite a week on the basketball court.

Cam Creager, Cole Cradick, Chance Coyle. Say that six times really fast — and then vote for one of them as your H-T boys’ basketball Player of the Week.

If you have an aversion to voting for names that don’t start with “C,” then continue on by voting for Cydney Bomba as your girls’ basketball Player of the Week. But this is by no means an endorsement. You might want to consider Taylor Thuis or Shannon Pittman.

Consider carefully:

CAM CREAGER, Eastern Greene, Sr., G

Scored 30 points to lead the Thunderbirds back from an 18-4 deficit to a 63-62 overtime road win Friday at Sullivan. Creager hit the winning bucket with five seconds to play. He added 11 points in Saturday’s epic five-overtime game against Bloomfield. Continue reading →